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Famous people · Pleasant Garden

Pleasant Garden is the birthplace of 2 famous people

Articles in 4 languages make the American football player Dennis Byrd the best known. The other is Shane Hmiel, the American racing driver. Dennis Byrd (1946) and Shane Hmiel (1980) mark the two ends of the list. The longest list in North Carolina is Wilmington’s, with 67 names.

#2 best knownShane HmielSports · born 1980
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Dennis Byrd
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1946
Dennis Byrd
Youngest
1980
Shane Hmiel
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Pleasant Garden

DB#1
Sports

Dennis Byrd

1946–2010

American football player

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Shane Hmiel#2
Sports

Shane Hmiel

born 1980

American racing driver

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pleasant Garden and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.

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